Getting Started: Connecting Editing Equipment
Making the right connections isn't just smart, it's a neccessity.
Does this ring a bell? Your camcorder, your VCR, and your TV each come supplied with several types of cables, all individually packed in redundant baggies that stubbornly resist opening.
Your camera, VCR, and TV are also provided with thick manuals in two or three languages that purport to explain how to hook A to B to C, and three tries out of four you open these manuals to the French section (unless you are Quebecois, in which case, the manuals default t…
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